A Manual of Ancient GeographyMacmillan and Company, 1881 - 309 pages |
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Achaean Achaean League Aegean Sea Aeolian afterwards ancient name antiquity Arab Arabian Armenian Aryan Asia Minor Assyrian Augustus basin became belonged border built called capital Carians central centre century B.C. civilised coast district coast plain colony conquered conquest Corinthian Gulf Crown 8vo cultivation Danube desert Dorian Doric dynasty east eastern Egypt Egyptian Empire especially Euboea Euphrates extended feet fertile formed fortress Greek Gulf harbour Hebr height Hellenic hill Illyrian important town inhabitants interior Ionians Ionic island Italy Keltic Kephisos kingdom kings known lake later Latin lower lying Macedonian middle ages modern Moesia neighbouring Nile northern numerous occupied Old Persian peaks Peloponnesus peninsula Persian Phoenician political Pontus population preserved probably Propontis Ptolemy region river rocky Roman province ruins Saronic Gulf Scythians seat Semitic settlements slopes so-called soil southern stretches subdued Syria Taurus territory Thessaly Thracian Tigris tribes tributary upper valley western whole
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